The New Zone Artists Collective is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering interest in experimental arts and encouraging artists with like interests.

Featured Artist

New Zone featured artist, Andrea Ros, is in love with color. She will be sharing with us her personal project, The Apocalypse Carousel. The Apocalypse Carousel is an attempt to draw focus to the harvest of greed and apathy that we are reaping today, to urgently redirect our attention to the beauty of life, and to conjure action. It is an invitation to mindfully engage and join the dance, no matter the outcome.

Her tapestries are currently on display at the Saatchi Gallery in London as well as in local galleries. She has exhibited at Lincoln Center, NYC, the Arc Gallery in San Francisco and the Alexi Era Gallery in St. Louis.

A cancer survivor and environmental activist, she is also participating in The Arlecchino Project, a global art project based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Wool Against Weapons, a 7-mile long art collaboration protesting nuclear weapons in the UK.

Spotlight Artist

Demetra Kalams has been a New Zone member for seven years. She works primarily in watercolor, and paints landscapes, seascapes and still life- but is passionate about painting the figure.

She is an award-winning artist whose images appear on book and CD covers, and she is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon.

Upcoming Events

Pabst Brewing Company will hold a Pabst Blue Ribbon Art Showcase for the general public.

This exhibition will showcase local artists' personal artworks, including PBR-inspired pieces, which can be submitted to the PBR National Art Contest if the artists so choose. The national winner will receive a $10,000 prize!

Join us for a dj, food, PBR, and other beverages! This is an all-ages, free event.

During the glorious summer weekend of July 10th-12th, area lavender farms open their fields for tours, photography and painting, shopping and lectures. The McKenzie River Lavender farm, located just outside Springfield, offers a Lavender Labyrinth.

The Art Forum will have an exhibit titled "Never Too Late" at the Lincoln Gallery this First Friday. They are also showing at the Red Wagon Creamery. The July Red Wagon exhibit is "Ice Cream," themed in honor of July being "Ice Cream Month".

If you'd like to join The Art Forum at their next meeting, it will be Monday, July 15th at the New Zone Gallery, 6-7pm (the third Monday of the month). Membership is free and open to all. This month's optional challenge theme is "Rainbow."

The New Zone Artists Collective is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to fostering interest in experimental artsand encouraging artists with like interests. Donations to New Zone are tax-deductible and make all we do possible. Thank you for your support.